A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Chapter 1519 Design Ideas

Emily was busy with her work at Love and Dream.

Out of frustration, she threw her pen on the table and leaned back against her office chair.

She looked up at the ceiling and tried with every ounce of physical strength she had to battle the brimming dissatisfaction.

“After everything, did I think too little about it?“ Emily murmured to herself.

The new product launch for the new season was fast approaching, but Emily still had no inspirations or ideas.

She had shut herself in her office for almost the entire day, and all that she was able to come up with were drafts on crumpled pieces of paper that were now scattered all over the floor. She just could not think of any design ideas for the new products. It made Emily a little upset and desperate.

Actually, the company's design department had already finished the new product designs that she could take to participate in the new season's product launch event. She could not really say that the designs would become the most outstanding ones in the new product launch event, but she was confident that the company's design department would win the prize.

However...

Emily still wanted to design a piece of work by herself.

Her ideas were good, but reality was cruel.

During the past few days, she had been working day and night in the office, but in the end, all that she had made were crumpled design drafts that now littered her office floor.

If the drafts she had drawn during the past few days were piled up together, it would probably make a paper mountain big enough to bury her under.

It was all because she had not worked on a single design for such a long time. She had grown rusty and could hardly summon any inspiration. She felt like a complete design rookie at the moment. Because of the creative block she was having, it was incredibly difficult for her to design literally anything, let alone something that could win a prize at the new product launch.

There was a knock on the door.

“Emily.“

While Emily was drowning in despair in seeking inspiration, someone knocked on her office door. She heard Estelle's voice coming from outside.

Hearing Estelle's voice, Emily suddenly felt overwhelmed with mixed feelings. Then, she managed to calm herself down and sat up straight. She called, “Come in, it's open.“ Her voice was bland.

The door swung open, and Estelle walked in, looking a little nervous.

She looked at Emily's calm face and approached with caution. “Emily,“ she started.

Seeing Estelle like this, Emily sighed inaudibly and asked, “What is it, Estelle? Come on, just say it. You know I'm very busy at the moment.“ Emily pointed at the pile of discarded drafts on the floor as she spoke.

“I know. I won't take much of your time.“ Estelle nodded and set the folder in her arms on Emily's desk. “Will you take a look at these?“

After taking a brief glance at Estelle, Emily reached out for the folder and opened it. It contained some design drawings.

And then...

“Who drew these?“ Emily asked, frowning.

The design drafts were actually very good, and the styles were very novel. Although they looked simple, they were very exquisite. But after skimming through the design drawings, Emily could tell that they were not designed by the company's design department. Knowing the strengths of the company's design department, Emily thought that the designs that Estelle had given her were drawn better. She frowned at the thought.

Seeing the frown on Emily's face and hearing her dissatisfied tone, Estelle immediately felt even more nervous. “These... I drew them.“

“Are you serious?“ Emily looked at her in surprise, and then, she shifted her attention to the design drawings in her hand again. For Emily, it was somewhat unbelievable. This is from NôvelDrama.Org.

Estelle nodded. “Yes.“

“But the style of these design drawings is completely different from your previous style.“ It could easily be said that these design drawings had been completed by someone else.

Pondering upon the totally different styles, Emily suddenly thought of something. Did she...?

It seemed that Emily realized something. She looked at Estelle with sharp eyes and asked, “Did you ask someone to draw your previous designs for you?“ Only this could account for the fact that the style of Estelle's design drawings had suddenly changed.

Seeing that Emily had realized the truth, Estelle blushed. She endured the emotional pain as shame gripped her heart with icy fingers. She nodded and answered, “I'm sorry about lying to you, Emily. All my previous works were drawn by my sister...“ After pausing for a moment, Estelle continued, “I don't

want to lie to you anymore, so I've decided to come and talk to you about my design ability.“ She took a deep breath and said, “Fire me if you want, Emily. I will humbly accept it.“ She lowered her head and waited for Emily to make a decision.

She knew that Emily only let her stay in the company because she appreciated her design talent. That was, however, when Emily was not aware that all of her previous design drawings were, in fact, completed by her sister. Now that she had confessed everything, it would be reasonable for Emily to fire her.

Emily was shocked by Estelle's revelation. She looked at Estelle and did not know what to say for a while. She kept silent for quite a long time.

After what seemed like an eternity, she sighed and looked at the sketches on the table again. “What were you hoping to accomplish by showing me these sketches?“ Compared with the previous designs that Estelle had claimed to draw or the sketches from the staff of the company's design department, the design drawings that Estelle had shown her just now were definitely ten times better. They could even win at the new product launch event.

Although the design ideas were novel and Emily could still see some conspicuous shortcomings in many areas, which were usually found in works of design rookies, they were still pretty good.

“I know you have been thinking about the new product launch these past few days. I want to help. I completed these design drawings after spending much of my time studying. I hope you can get some inspiration from these designs,“ Estelle said while still keeping her head down.

“After spending much of your time studying?“ Emily was stunned again. Did it mean that the sketches in her hand had really been drawn by a rookie?

Thinking of this, Emily suddenly felt a heavy and sure blow to her competence.

How could a rookie have drawn so many novel sketches? Even if the design drawings looked immature, any of them was far better than the sketches that Emily herself had drawn in the past few days.

Emily's eyes darkened. She was pissed off by her own incompetence.

“Yes.“ Estelle nodded. “In fact, I majored in fine arts, but I don't know much about design, so I decided to study and learn design again.“

In spite of this, Emily thought that Estelle had outperformed her a lot in terms of design. Emily rubbed her forehead and asked a key question. “Does your sister know that you used her design works? Will there be any copyright disputes in the future?“ What Emily was worried about was that one day, Ellen might suddenly claim that Estelle plagiarized her work. If that really happened, it would definitely cause great damage to the company's reputation.

“Of course not! I'm sure about that!“ Estelle shook her head. “I know of this potential trouble, so I've already entered into an agreement with Ellen. It won't be a future problem that will cause any loss to the company.“

“That's good.“ Emily felt a little relieved, and then, she looked at the sketches carefully once again. After thinking for a while, she decided not to waste the sketches. “You go find the people of our design department. Let them help modify your design drawings. Of course, if you want, you can modify them yourself. Your sketches are very novel, but some of them are still a little naive. If you can improve them, I will include them in the upcoming new product launch.“

“So you're not going to fire me?“ Estelle stared at Emily in disbelief.

Emily smiled. “Since you've already told me the truth and you're in agreement with Ellen regarding design rights, I can't just let you go. But you have to design the sketches by yourself from now on.“ As soon as Emily finished speaking, her smile went away and was replaced by a serious look.